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Lawyers say shooting victim was coerced with a fake subpoena into talking to police

They contend the defendant should get a new trial because the DA didn’t disclose two fake subpoenas and other evidence.
by Charles Maldonado December 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Plan for blighted Claiborne Avenue: ill-conceived, exclusionary, lacks due diligence

An open letter to Mayor Landrieu
by Amy Stelly December 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

ReNEW votes to close McDonogh City Park Academy next spring

All of ReNEW’s schools received D’s and F’s from the state this year.
by Marta Jewson December 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Morris Jeff student robotics project takes inspiration from summer floods

Their school, Morris Jeff, was in the middle of the Aug. 5 flood that paralyzed the city and seeped into homes. So when they learned that the subject of a LEGO robot competition was water, they didn't have to think hard to come up with a problem. Since then, they've been working on a solution.
by Marta Jewson December 15, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

State pulls back on coastal restoration projects due to shortfall in oil and gas royalties

State officials and U.S Rep. Garret Graves want to know why the projections are half of what they expected.
by Della Hasselle December 14, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Mind your own business, brother: As predators fall, women find strength in sisterhood

A rebuttal to C.W. Cannon's recent column on sexual predation
by Lillian McNee December 14, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans Parish School Board to study long bus rides, early pickups

Transportation has been a constant concern for parents who send their kids to charter schools across town.
by Marta Jewson December 13, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

State recommends closure of three charter schools in New Orleans

And the local superintendent of schools wants to convert two of his direct-run schools to charters.
by Marta Jewson December 11, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

RSD says charter school changed student’s grades to F’s for not attending a summer service program

The program was punishment for fighting. Ten students had their grades changed.
by Marta Jewson December 11, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Harassed as a boy, libidinous as a man: But don’t call me an abuser

A blunt meditation on sexual politics in our time
by C.W. Cannon December 8, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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